Soldier
Hi all. A week ago I bought an 05 ZHP sedan, orientblau with black/natural 2 tone leather interior w black cube. 102K, auto.
I got it in Redmond WA, and from what I can tell it spent the first few years of his life in Florida and the last several years in Washington state.
Replaced LCABs and it feels very tight.
Drives great!
If anyone has any clues on the history of this car I’d be curious to know.
05 ZHP Sedan, auto, Orientblau, natural brown
Capo
A) Welcome, fellow Pac NWer! What part of Washington are you living in?
B) That's a mighty fine looking car you have there (one of the best color combos available)
C) No clue the history of the car, I don't recognize it.
Enforcer
Welcome! Love OB.
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Adolfo
2004 330Ci ZHP Orient Blue Metallic
2002 ///M Roadster Steel Grey Metallic
1988 325is Zinnoberrot
1974 2002 Atlantik Blau
2015 X5 ///M Sport Black Sapphire Metallic (SoldMay 2018)
1999 323i Alpine White (Sold June 2010)
Boss
Welcome! Any mod or maint plans?
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Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture
Campieri
welcome. awesome color combo!
personally i'd ditch the blue homing beacon on the steering wheel.
peter
2004 330i ZHP
2005 330iT ZHP
2010 328iT M Sport
Soldier
Thanks! I split my time between Ellensburg and Spokane.Originally Posted by BMWCurves
Where are you?
Orient blau wouldn't have been my first choice but I like it and its growing on me. But I love the interior colors and the combo with the orient is great.
The finish looks good from 10 feet away, but needs some detail TLC and paint chip work.
I got it from 2 guys who only had it briefly to flip it. I found an American Express bill in the trunk with a guy named Jay on it, so the may be the PO.
Soldier
Thanks!
Soldier
Not sure yet. The guys I bought it from did the cooling system and I just did the control arm bushings. Need to sort out the blue tooth and Homelink (there's a switch in the ceiling panel but I cant find any plugs that fit it...I'm thinking it was an attempted retrofit, but I don't know much about what goes into those systems.
Will probably keep it pretty stock.
I dig the way it drives so far.
Soldier
Thanks!.
Homing beacon gone!
Capo
I’ve never been to Ellensburg but have been to Spokane a few times. It’s a cool little city. I live in Portland. If you ever find your way down here we should meet up!
Orient Blue wasn’t really my thing either when I purchased my ‘03 330Ci back in early 2013 (RIP), but it grew on me rapidly. I was elated to get my ZHP in 2015 in OB. I love that it can be a dark blue in sunlight, almost purplish in lower light, and almost black at night. I would do horrible things to have your Natural Brown interior.
I look forward to seeing what maintenance you get done. One thing I would recommend is checking to see if the shocks/struts are original. If they are, you’d improve your ride comfort and handling by replacing those since the factory Sachs shocks/struts are only good for about 50k miles. You don’t really realize they’re dead because the car is pretty stiffly spring, but it was night and day difference when I did my suspension refresh around 50k miles.
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